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BIA, FBI hear stories of child abuse, vow to ‘make improvements’ at Spirit Lake 
A dozen high-ranking federal officials spent three hours listening to Spirit Lake tribal members talk about their concerns for the safety of reservation children.
By Chuck Haga , February 27, 2013
Hoeven: Meeting at Spirit Lake on tribe’s child protection services efforts open to public
A meeting scheduled by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to provide Spirit Lake Sioux leaders and members an update on efforts to improve the tribe’s child protection services will be open to the public, a spokesman for Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., and tribal officials confirmed.
By Chuck Haga , February 26, 2013
Spirit Lake: No word yet if public can attend ‘town hall’ on child protection
A meeting of senior Bureau of Indian Affairs officials and leaders of the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe to assess BIA progress in dealing with child protection issues on the reservation has been scheduled for Wednesday, but it is not clear how public that discussion will be.
By Chuck Haga , February 22, 2013
Spirit Lake official gets faulty court record corrected
An internet public records site operated by the state incorrectly showed a 2004 assault conviction for Mark Little Owl, director of Tribal Social Services at Spirit Lake. That case was dismissed, as were two similar charges brought in 2009, according to the clerk’s office at Grand Forks District Court.
By Chuck Haga , January 23, 2013
Official: BIA to run tribal child protection for years
The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs, which assumed responsibility for child protection services at Spirit Lake Monday, likely will manage the program for several years before returning responsibility to the tribe, said Bruce Loudermilk, the BIA’s regional director.
By Chuck Haga , October 04, 2012
Spirit Lake social services to be taken over by BIA today
The Spirit Lake Tribal Council blamed a “tremendous shortfall” of support from the federal government as a reason it decided to surrender control of its social services.
By By Patrick Springer , October 01, 2012
N.D. tribe bans controversial hydraulic fracturing technique
The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa has banned a contentious oil and gas recovery technique and wants to stop a federal auction that would open drilling on the reservation.
By Associated Press , December 02, 2011
Standing Rock woman sentenced for falsely accusing BIA officer of rape
A woman who falsely accused a federal police officer of sexually assaulting her on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation has been sentenced to about three months in federal prison.
By Associated Press , October 24, 2011
Fort Yates, N.D., man who kicked federal officer with cleats sentenced
Kevin Little Bear pleaded guilty on May 19 to assaulting and resisting a federal officer.
By Associated Press , August 19, 2011
South Dakota woman who accused BIA officer of rape admits lying
A woman who accused a federal police officer of sexually assaulting her on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation has admitted lying.
By Associated Press , August 02, 2011
Fort Yates, N.D., accused of kicking officers with cleated shoes
A Fort Yates man is accused of resisting arrest and kicking Bureau of Indian Affairs police officers with cleated athletic shoes.
By Associated Press , May 20, 2011
N.D. man to plead guilty to attack on police officer
A North Dakota man says he will plead guilty to kicking a Bureau of Indian Affairs police officer. Authorities say the assailant was wearing athletic cleats at the time.
By Associated Press , May 12, 2011
BIA allays tribes' fears about shutdown fallout
Ahead of a compromise that kept the federal government running, the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs Friday allayed some fears of American Indian leaders worried a shutdown would be devastating to tribes, saying law enforcement services and schools it oversees would not be affected.
By Felicia Fonseca , April 09, 2011
Obama taps former AG to head Indian Affairs
An American Indian who served as the attorney general of Idaho was nominated Friday to become the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
President Barack Obama nominated Larry EchoHawk, a law professor at Brigham Young University and a member of the Pawnee tribe, to the post. As well as being former attorney general, EchoHawk also ran for Idaho governor in 1994, losing to Republican Phil Batt by less than 35,000 votes.
By Carson Walker , April 13, 2009
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